PHOENIX — Sen. Steve Farley (D-Tucson) wants drivers to put down their phones and pay attention. He’s wanted that for years, but the perennial statewide anti-texting while driving bills have been unsuccessful – going back to 2009. This year he’s back again with SB 1261, which would mainly make using a phone to send or…
One quick text behind the wheel can end in a lifetime full of guilt. Since the invention of cell phones, distracted driving accidents have become increasingly more common around the world, causing 1.6 million crashes each year. Nearly 2,600 people die and 330,000 are injured every year from motor vehicle accidents, according to The National…
PHOENIX – The beginning of this week started slowly at the legislature, with lawmakers waiting patiently on the budget to appear. Word on the street is that we should be seeing it pick up next week with late night discussions about what the budget will mean for education, Gov. Doug Ducey’s main event. Public…
PHOENIX – On Tuesday, Valentine’s Day, the capitol was full of gratuitous shows of love: singing on the House floor, heart-shaped balloons on the rose garden. Nothing was too cheesy. But whether state minimum wage workers will feel the love became the question. On Monday, the state Supreme Court accepted jurisdiction over a lawsuit to block Proposition…
PHOENIX — Concealed weapons in buildings. Ending Common Core. No texting while driving. All dead this legislative session. These would-be bills joined many others that passed away either in the legislative chamber or by gubernatorial fiat. The first death began with a bill to put Arizona on Daylight Savings Time. After negative feedback, the sponsor…
